anaheim-gazette 1944-12-14

Page Four CHRIS U.S. Secret Service Warns Merchants To Watch for Stolen, Forged Checks Check thieves and check forgers will do their Christmas shopping with stolen and forged checks if merchants and housewives are not particularly careful, according to Frank J. Wilson, Chief of the U.S. Secret Service, Treasury Department. "The government mails out nearly one million checks every day," says Chief Wilson, "and about eight million go each month to dependents of men in the armed forces. Check theives steal as many as they can from hall and porch mail boxes. Then they forge the endorsements and victimize retailers who are so anxious to make sales that they fail to consider the losses they may suffer through carelessness." The Secret Service offers some simple precautions to help fight the forgery racket. If you receive checks by mail, be at home or have a member of your family at home to receive the checks when they are due. Then they can't be stolen from your mail box. If you are a retailer or cashier, don't cash checks for strangers without proper identification. Know Your Endorsers! Before cashing any check, ask yourself Non-Resident Car Owners Requested To Report Now War workers or other non-residents who have come to Orange county during 1944 with motor vehicles registered in other states were requested today by the local officials of the Department of Motor Vehicles to go to the nearest Department office and determine whether they will be required to register their vehicles in California when the annual registration renewal season opens January 2nd. Such persons were asked to bring registration certificates, evidence of title and other documents pertaining to their vehicles in order to determine whether they are in proper form. This action, it was stated, may save them considerable delay and inconvenience and, possibly, the payment of delinquent penalties. Inasmuch as reciprocal regulations governing the registration of motor vehicles vary widely in the several states, it was suggested all The Secret Service offers some simple precautions to help fight the forgery racket. If you receive checks by mail, be at home or have a member of your family at home to receive the checks when they are due. Then they can't be stolen from your mail box. If you are a retailer or cashier, don't cash checks for strangers without proper identification. Know Your Endorsers! Before cashing any check, ask yourself this question: "If this check is returned as a forgery, can I locate the forger and recover my loss?" "Christmas is not a holiday for the check forger," Chief Wilson said. "He's on the job every minute, always looking for merchants he can fool. The only way to beat him is to beat him to the punch. Know your endorsers—require identification!" Loetta Webster, Mother of Local Man, Passes Away Mrs. Loetta Webster, 69 years old, passed away last Sunday in St. Joseph hospital after an extended illness. She made her home with her daughter, Mrs. William Loescher in Santa Ana. Among those surviving are a son, Edgar Webster of Anaheim; another son; five daughters; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon. Please help make The Gazette a better newspaper by giving your local, society or personal news items. Phone 2206. Such persons were asked to bring registration certificates, evidence of title and other documents pertaining to their vehicles in order to determine whether they are in proper form. This action, it was stated, may save them considerable delay and inconvenience and, possibly, the payment of delinquent penalties. Inasmuch as reciprocal regulations governing the registration of motor vehicles vary widely in the several states, it was suggested all such documents be checked at the local office to make sure additional information will not be required. Department officials estimate approximately 850,000 persons have entered California in non-resident vehicles since the beginning of this year. Registration information may be obtained at branch offices maintained by the Department in all the principal cities of the State and at all sub-stations of the California Highway Patrol. DIVIDEND DECLARED Fred G. Gurley, President, Santa Fe System Lines, announced that at a meeting of that company's Board of Directors held in Chicago today, a dividend of $1.50 per share on the common stock of the company was declared payable March 2, 1945, to stockholders of record at the close of business January 26, 1945, and that a dividend of $2.50 per share on the preferred stock of the company was declared payable February 1 to stock of record December 29, 1944. Everybody reads the Gazette. ANAHEIM GAZETTE ISTMAS G Don't Say "I Can't Find It" Until You've Tried Started Sale in U. S. Your Purchases of Christmas Seals Saves Lives; Campaign Now Under Way Edward F. Howard, Santa Ana postman, veteran of World War I, who had pneumonia and empyema while in service, feels that an X-ray in time may save trouble. Mr. Howard is shown registering for miniature X-ray picture on the third floor of the Court House Annex, Santa Ana, while Miss Vena Jones, Public Health Nurse of Orange, records his weight. The 35mm X-ray equipment was purchased with Christmas Seal funds and is loaned to the Health Department by the Orange County Tuberculosis and Health Association. The Christmas Seal is an immigrant that became a good American. A brain child of Einar Holboell, a Danish postal clerk, it came to America in 1907. Holboell conceived the idea that every Christmas letter should carry a seal showing the mailer's contribution to the fight against tuberculosis. Social worker Jacob Riis wrote a story about the Danish seal in the "Outlook." Red Cross worker, Miss Emily P. Bissell of Wilmington, Delaware, decided to try out Cross sponsored the first nationwide sale, turning the proceeds over to the young and struggling National Tuberculosis Association. In 1919 the Christmas Seal carried for the first time, the red Double-barred Cross. In 1920 the Red Cross turned over the Seal Sale to the National Tuberculosis Association. Yearly contracts are issued by the National Tuberculosis Association to its state associations, which, in turn, issue contracts to their local associations, upon proper qualification as to community program. Ninety-five cents out of every Seal Sale dollar stays within the state in which it was raised. Five cents of each dollar supports services of the National Tuberculosis Association. One of sixteen district Christmas Seal chairmen in Orange County is Mrs. Homer G. Ames of Anaheim. "GEE EYES" GET BEST SPECIALIZED CARE The most highly qualified surgeons available in 45 special fields are assigned to units in Army General Hospitals which are concerned with reconstructive surgery. Back in 1907, in response to an appeal from a small group of doctors, Miss Emily P. Bissell (above), of Wilmington, Del., started a Christmas Seal Sale to help tuberculosis patients. Every year since then the Seals have been sold in this country to aid the fight against the White Plague. YULE FOOD PARCELS FOR WAR PRISONERS American Red Cross Christmas packages containing the ingredients for preparing turkey dinner, complete to plum pudding, as well as smart gifts, will be distributed this year to American prisoners of war and civilian internees held in Europe. Included in the packages are such gift items as games, cigarettes, pipes and tobacco, wash clothes and pictures of typical American scenes. Candy, nuts, fruit and chewing gum are included in addition to the plum pudding. The packages were prepared in August to allow for Christmas delivery in spite of wartime transportation delays. They will be distributed in addition to the regular weekly food parcels supplied through the Red Cross to all American prisoners of war in Europe. ARMY PROTECTS W. D. EMPYOYEES' HEALTH The Army Industrial Hygiene laboratory last month analyzed, in connection with control of industrial hazards in military installations, 223 different materials, including chemical fumes and vapors, hand soaps, dust, lacquers and solvents, the Ninth Service Command civilian personnel division announced today. A brain child of Einar Holboell, a Danish postal clerk, it came to America in 1907. Holboell conceived the idea that every Christmas letter should carry a seal showing the mailer's contribution to the fight against tuberculosis. Social worker Jacob Riis wrote a story about the Danish seal in the "Outlook." Red Cross worker, Miss Emily P. Bissell of Wilmington, Delaware, decided to try out Holboell's idea. She sold the first American seal in 1907 in Delaware. In 1908 the American Red "GEE EYES" GET BEST SPECIALIZED CARE The most highly qualified surgeons available in 45 special fields are assigned to units in Army General Hospitals which are concerned with reconstructive surgery, the Ninth Service Command surgeon said today. BUY Extra WAR BONDS Help bring speedier victory! 6th WAR LOAN "Cheerful as its Name" OLD SUNNY BROOK BRAND Bourbon Whiskey 93 Proof 49% Grain Neutral Spirits McKESSON & ROBBINS, Inc. Exclusive Distributors Thursday, December 14, 1944 GIFTS nd It" ve Tried COY'S T RATE STORES Special Bond for Older Folk Offers Regular Income WASHINGTON, D. C. — The Treasury has a bond especially for the older people, but many of them don't know about it, the Agricultural Section of the War Finance Division points out. This is the current income series G-Bond paying 2½ per cent interest per annum every six months and maturing in 12 years. Any person who needs regular income form interest on their money should consider the G-Series. No income is more certain than the Treasury check which is mailed every 6 months to owners of G Bonds. For a current income Government Bond maturing in 12 years, 2½ per cent is a high rate of interest, the Treasury points out. The G Bond is the ideal investment for the farmer past 55 who might be retiring in less than 10 years. Farmers are not now included in Social Security. Few of them have an annuity of any kind. In old age they must live off the income of their property and investments. Current income is not the only G Bond feature that appeals to the older investor. Like the popular E Bonds the G Series has fixed redemption values. They can be cashed any time after 6 months from issue. Counting interest already received, this cash redemption value is always more than cost. In the event of owner's death the interest can redeem G Bonds at full cost price without any deduction for interest already received. This makes G Bonds ideal for an estate. NEW PASTOR AT BETHEL BAPTIST FORMER VISITOR Rev. P. G. Neumann, pastor of the Bethel Baptist church, who with his family, has recently moved to this city from Detroit where he was pastor of a church, was an Anaheim visitor in 1933, liking our city so well that now he is established as resident pastor of his church here. He assumed his duties here several Sundays ago and the people of Anaheim extend a welcome to him and his family. Everybody reads The Gazette. Mariah S. Hale Passes Away Here Last Thursday Mariah S. Hale, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. M. Adams, 749 North Paulina Street, last Thursday after an extended illness. She was born in Missouri 84 years ago and had been a resident of California for twenty-six years and of Anaheim for four years. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. M. M. Adams of Anaheim and Mrs. E. G. Jamison of Ramona; one son, W. R. Hale of Anaheim; one sister, Mrs. Mary J. Wilson of San Diego; two brothers, Marion A. Oakes of San Diego and W. E. Oakes of Kansas; six grandchildren, among them Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Fleenor and Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Adams, all of Anaheim and eleven great grandchildren. Mrs. Hale was a member of the Baptihckesct h.r ETAO INETA Baptist church. Funeral services were held in the chapel in Greenwood cemetery in San Diego Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Hilgenfeld mortuary had charge of the arrangements. HARMONY PARK Announcing the Opening of THE HOLIDAY SEASON Presenting the Smart Music of WALT WEFING POPULAR NBC ARTIST For a Limited Engagement Playing for Wednesday, Saturday and Saturday Nights Swing Shift Music Lovers ALWAYS MORE FUN AT HARMONY PARK BALL ROOM SERVING THE FINEST IN BREWS AND WINES Watch for Our Holiday Program BROADWAY AT MANCHESTER - ANAHEIM